Help Me Support My Brother Fight CANCER

A retired journalist seeks help vs cancer

HI. My name is Limuel Celebria, 67, a former journalist and erstwhile editor of a couple of locally-circulated newspapers here in Iloilo City Philippines.

I have been battling cancer for more than a year now. In March last year, my left kidney was removed after it was overrun by an aggressive type of renal clear cell carcinoma. The operation, though successful, came a bit late. The cancer had metastasized (stage IV) into my lungs.

Against Dotor’s advise and because of financial constraints (whatever little savings I had was wiped out by my operation), I chose to forego further treatment. In September 2022, my condition got worse and I got hospitalized for a month - the cancer nodules are ravaging my lungs - my chest x-ray lit up like a Christmas tree. Undergoing chemotherapy, though expensive, became inevitable.

So far, my oral chemotherapy medication had been effective in arresting the spread of the cancer to a certain extent. But the doctor said the efficacy of the medicine could already be headed south. She prescribed a new combination of oral and intravenal medicines. 

But it’s too expensive (about $21,000 per quarter) way out of my meager reach. In the previous months, I’ve been relying on government funding for my medication. But for this new protocol, the state funding window is no longer available. 

I am hoping there are good samaritans out there who can help me out. Thank you.

My brother battle with the big C